Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëpoinën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *hëpo + *-inën (diminutive).
Noun
*hëpoinën
Inflection
Inflection of *hëpoinën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hëpoinën | *hëpoicët | |
| accusative | *hëpoicën | *hëpoicët | |
| genitive | *hëpoicën | *hëboictën *hëpoicidën | |
| partitive | *hëboicta | *hëpoicita | |
| inessive | *hëpoicëssa *hëpoicëhna |
*hëpoicissa *hëpoicihna | |
| elative | *hëpoicësta | *hëpoicista | |
| illative | *hëpoicësën | *hëpoicisën | |
| adessive | *hëpoicëlla | *hëpoicilla | |
| ablative | *hëpoicëlta | *hëpoicilta | |
| allative | *hëpoicëlën *hëpoicëlëk |
*hëpoicilën *hëpoicilëk | |
| essive | *hëboinna | *hëpoicina | |
| translative | *hëpoicëksi | *hëpoiciksi | |
| instructive | *hëpoicën | *hëpoicin | |
| comitative | *hëboinnëk | *hëpoicinëk | |
| abessive | *hëpoicëtta | *hëpoicitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: hobune
- Finnish: hevonen, (archaic, dialectal) heponen
- Ingrian: hepoin, (Soikkola) heppoin
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: heponi
- South Karelian: hebone
- Livonian:
- Courland Livonian: i’bbi, õ’bbi
- Vidzeme Livonian: übbi
- Livvi: heboine
- Ludian: heboine
- Veps: heboone
- Võro: hobõnõ, hopõn'
- Votic: opõn
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hepo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN